Written/spoken language

March 3, 2010 3:47 PM

I'm looking for a matrix of spoken to written languages.

For a simple example:
Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese = Chinese

Does such a thing exists? And if so can people point to to such a resource?

posted by mattoxic to Society & Culture (3 answers total)

Best answer: List of writing systems. The search term you want is "orthography".
posted by Paragon at 4:20 PM on March 3, 2010

Best answer: The list of languages by writing system is pretty close to exactly what you're asking for.
posted by flug at 5:45 AM on March 4, 2010

Best answer: If you want other information alongside this, without the depth that wikipedia can get into, you might benefit from the sorting at omniglot. It's not "just" a list, but may have other context that is useful for your application.
posted by whatzit at 12:30 PM on March 4, 2010